WE WON !!!

It's Official! I woke up this morning and after turning on my mobile was blasted with the good news that Health In Our Hands has WON the COTA's Every Generation Award for our section. This is a great reward for not just the HIOH organisation but for all the people involved in the running of the Centre and all of it's programs.

Great news but, I modestly feel, well deserved.

The 2nd Pathways Through Pain Course completed.

The second 'Pathways Through Pain' workshop (the Stanford University Chronic Pain Self-Management Program) has been completed successfully and the transformation has been an utter joy to have seen. The course leaders, Brenda, Teena and John have worked their way through this course which were largely attended by people who were recommended through the Pain Clinic in Adelaide.
The success of the workshop was seen through the participation of the clients and the taking on of the information discussed.
We're looking forward to the next course. If you are interested in learning more about the course and registering an interest in the participation of the next course, please contact the centre by:

• Telephone - 8648-8463 (between 10.00am and 3.00pm)
• Email - ioh1@iprimus.com.au
• Website - www.inourhands.com.au and use the message service there.

But don't hesitate! Be pro-active and become a Self Manager for your Chronic Pain Management.

Come and see the totally re-vamped website.

WOW is the word that springs to mind! Having just seen the newly revamped Health in our hands website, I am impressed to say the least. Paul has done a cracker of a job and the much improved layout seems to make everything easier to find. Absolutely well done Paul. 12 out of 10...

You can check it out our new website here

PS I like the whyalla webcam live pictures...

Pathways Through Pain Workshop Coming Soon!

Commencing Tuesday 18th September at 1.30pm for 6 weeks there will be a Pain Self Management course to be held at the new Whyalla Library at Westlands.

For further information, please contact the 'Health In Our Hands' Centre on 8648-8463 or by email at ioh1@iprimus.com.au

Chronic pain is a debilitating problem for many people, constant pain makes them feel many emotions in addition to the actual pain itself and this results in loss of lifestyle. There is no “magic bullet” that will cure chronic pain but there are strategies that will help them to manage the pain and the emotions to a level that is acceptable. Of course medications play a large role in the control of pain as does, in some circumstances, surgery etc. 

This program is not intended to replace anything that currently is working for you, The course, which runs over six weeks (2.5 hrs per session approx) is designed to give you a set of extra tools that may help in the relief of pain. We have called it Pathways Through Pain because the course is actually a pathway and on that pathway there are many simple things that can be done to help minimise the discomfort caused by pain, not just to the individual with the pain but to their families and friends around them.

Some of the topics covered in the six weeks are,

•    Debunking the myths around pain
•    Pacing activity and rest
•    Fatigue / sleep
•    Medications - how they work
•    Fitness and exercise
•    Healthy eating 

And many more

The Diet is Resolved...

It appears that my diet is finally working...

Shape Up For Life....

A new program will be starting up soon. it is a free weight management program. further information on their facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/katrina.knights.18

well worth thinking about.

Celebrating 10 Years

And what a celebration it has been. Health in Our hands, which commenced on 15th May, 2002 has been working in the Whyalla community for 10 years. Celebrations were held with:

* A luncheon for the participants at the    Centre’s room at the hospital
*A dinner for the volunteers at Roopena and
*A function at the UniSA Whyalla Campus for specially invited guests and the volunteers  

The UniSA function was organised by Kate Warren and her staff at the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School. To say that all three functions were successful would be an understatement.
A special gift was presented to the four original members still active at the centre for their 10 years of service. The presentations were made to Paul Holmes, Mary Holmes, Chris Broadhead and Colin Stephens.

When Paul was asked whether he would still be there after another 10 years, he laughingly replied that he hoped that he would still be around to still be taking part.

Paul thanked all the volunteers who have worked so hard to make the Health In Our Hands a success and thanked the current volunteers for their dedication and hard work.